Neue Synagoge Berlin-Centrum Judaicum collection

Identifier: irn46052
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by the Stiftung Neue Synagoge-Centrum Judaicum. It was presented to the Museum by the German Democratic Republic.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts relating to the 1866 Neue Synagoge [New Synagogue] in Berlin before, during, and after the Holocaust.

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Decorative block from the Neue Synagoge in Berlin, mounted on a commemorative plank with a cast facsimile
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn2666
- English
- 1866
- overall: Height: 15.625 inches (39.688 cm) | Width: 29.500 inches (74.93 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Decorative block from the southern facade of the 1866 Neue Synagoge [New Synagogue] in Berlin. It was used as a model to cast additional handformed ceramic construction pieces in the Grossraeschen (Sachsen) brick factory during a rebuilding of the facade in 1988. Originally named the Oranienburger Strasse Synagogue, it had seating for 3000 and was the largest in Germany. It was damaged by rioters during the Kristallnacht pogrom on November 9-10, 1938, but was still used by the dwindling Jewish community of Berlin under Nazi rule. In 1940, the German Army seized the building to use as a ware...
Reproduction of a decorative block from the Neue Synagoge in Berlin, mounted on a commemorative plank with an original brick
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn2667
- English
- 1988
- overall: Height: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) | Width: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm) | Depth: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Cast of a decorative block from the southern facade of the 1866 Neue Synagoge [New Synagogue] in Berlin. It was made in the Grossraeschen (Sachsen) brick factory during a rebuilding of the facade in 1988, when approximately 5000 similar handformed ceramic construction pieces were created. Originally named the Oranienburger Strasse Synagogue, it had seating for 3,000 and was the largest in Germany. It was damaged by rioters during the Kristallnacht pogrom on November 9-10, 1938, but was still used by the dwindling Jewish community of Berlin under Nazi rule. In 1940, the German Army seized th...

Neue Synagoge Berlin-Centrum Judaicum collection

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Decorative block from the Neue Synagoge in Berlin, mounted on a commemorative plank with a cast facsimile

Reproduction of a decorative block from the Neue Synagoge in Berlin, mounted on a commemorative plank with an original brick